Ioan Neag (born 18 February 1994) is a

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who plays as a centre back for

Unirea Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievemen ...

Club career

Neag started playing football at CSȘ Sebeș. In 2008, he was spotted by Ardealul Cluj's trainer, Mihai Georgescu, at a competition that was organised by the

Romanian Football Federation Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the sports governing body, governing body of association football, football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA sinc ...

for 14-year-old players. Georgescu brought Neag to Ardealul and in 2010, together with other teammates, he joined

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

. He made his debut in Liga I on 15 May 2012, in a match against Voința Sibiu. In 2012,

's owner, Florian Walter transferred most of the team's players at Petrolul Ploiești, including Ionuț Neag. The player spent one season at Petrolul Ploiești and returned to

in 2013.

International career

Neag made his debut for Romania U-17 on 24 March 2011 in a game against Iceland U-17.http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250022768/profile/index.html Neag's UEFA Competition Debut He was part of the squad that played for the Romania under-17 national team that took part in the

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the tenth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Serbia hosted the tournament between the 3 and 15 May. 6 Teams also qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Players born afte ...

, but didn't play a game.

Honours

;Petrolul Ploieşti *

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(1):

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* * People from Alba County 1994 births Living people Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players ASC Daco-Getica București players ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu players CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players {{Romania-footy-defender-stub